1.Sharepoint 2010
is it the panacea to the shortcomings and difficulties we had with SharePoint 2007?

2. Who am I?
just your friendly SharePoint guy
3. Who am I?
4. 5. August 2011
6. Experience
Worked with SharePoint since 2002
Digital Dashboard
Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint Server 2010
Information Management
User Adoption
Accessibility
Usability
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8. 9. A bit about you
its an interactive session
10. Questions
What is your role?
What version of SharePoint are you using?
Who is migrating to SharePoint 2010?
Whats your experience with Web Parts?
Have you purchased management tools for SharePoint?
11. Who, what,where and When
change of plan
12. Challenges
CMS
DMS
Novell
SharePoint
Lotus Notes
Documentum
Shared Folders
13. dont we all?
I want it all,and I want it now!
14. Get your facts straight
"It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
Sherlock Holms
15. http://www.businessballs.com/treeswing.htm
16. MoSCoW
M- MUST have this.
S- SHOULD have this if at all possible.
C- COULD have this if it does not affect anything else.
W- WON'T have this time but WOULD like in the future.
17. MoSCoW for Search Requirements
18. Old to New
from a z
19. 20. 21. If you build it
..they may come
22. User Adoption
Training
eLearning
Classroom based
Desk side
Change of work pattern
Revert back to the old ways, like email
23. 24. harmon.ie
Help increase SharePoint
Increase collaboration
25. Have a solid foundation
dont build on quick sand
26. Environments
Environments
Development
Integration
Test
UAT
Training
Pre-Production
Production
Servers
Physical
Virtual Servers
How many?
Storage
27. DIY
or call the professionals
28. Code
Advantages
You get the exact functionality you want, some times
Add/remove features at will
May be your only option
No support costs
Disadvantages
Costly
Has to be maintained
29. Buy
Advantages
Cheaper
No on-going maintenance
Disadvantages
You may not get the exact functionality you want
Have to wait for improvements
May have annual support costs
30. Common Enhancements
Staff Directory
Content and Code
People Zen
Cross Site Collection Lists
Lightening Tools
Bamboo
Web Analytics
CardioLog
Workflow
Nintex 2007
K2 Black Pearl / (BlackPoint Q1 2008)
Skelta 2007
31. Putability
Findability
32. Content Types
Problems in 2007
Scoped at the Site Collection level
No tools to replicated across site collections
GUIDS
Developer Required
Time and Effort
2010
Can be centralised
33. Taxonomy
A.K.A.
Glossary
Index
Directory
Catalogue
Use
Organising data
Classification of data
Structuring data
Centrally manage
34. 35. Managed Metadata Service Application
Demo / Video
36. 37. Search (2007)
Limitation
SharePoint 2007
Difficulties
Managing Best Bets
Couldnt easily refine searches (faceted search)
Third party
BI Insight - http://www.ba-insight.net
Ontolica by Surfray http://www.surfray.com/
38. Search (2010)
Versions
Search Server 2010 Express
SharePoint Server 2010 (limited refiners)
Fast Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
Fast Server
Fast for Internet Sites
Features
Metadata-Driven Navigation
People and Expertise Search
OpenSearch support (not new)
Visual Best Bets
Thumbnails and Previews
39. Workflow (2007)
List bound
Could not reuse SPD2007 workflows
Easy to create workflows
40. Workflow (2010)
Workflows now reusable
Visio
Impersonation
InfoPath (not .aspx)
SharePoint / Office 2010 Co-authoring
41. Examples
InfoPath
Health and Safety Form
IT Change Request
New User
42. Birds of a feather flock together
opposites attract
43. Social (2007)
Limited
Blogs
Discussion Boards
Community
Community Kit for SharePoint, http://cks.codeplex.com/Blog, Wiki
44. Social (2010)
Much better
Organization Browser (Silverlight)
Ask me about
Add as colleague
could be better:
SharePoint Forum Solutions (Lightning Tools)
Social Sites for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (NewsGator)
45. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
or the person who controls the budget
46. SharePoint Designer 2007
Free
Stability
Dangerous
47. SharePoint Designer 2010
Still free
Additional functionality
Prevent use
Build and apply theme demo
48. 49. 50. Add value, not complexity
Keep It Simple Stupid
51. 52. 53. ROI
For every feature and enhancement can you justify the cost.
Does excessive branding for internal Intranets provide any ROI?
54. SharePoint 2014
what is in store?
55. It doesnt matter..
Follow best practices now
Learn from your mistakes
Ask advice
Attend the user groups - http://suguk.org/
Get training - www.combined-knowledge.com/
56. So is SharePoint 2010 the answer?
57. SPD Related sessions
Tuesday
10:15 IW507, How to - analysis and design of web publishing solutions, Mark Orange
15:00 IW510, Controlling who can use SharePoint Designer, Penny Coventry
16:15 IW511, InfoPath and SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow Best Practices, Laura Rogers
COM610 - SharePoint Branding From Beginning to End, Matthew Hughes
Wednesday
IW315 Creating consistency in the user interface design with SharePoint 2010, Cathy Dew
58. Other Related sessions
Tuesday
IW407 - End User Adoption - the most hijacked SharePoint Term, what does it actually mean, Steve Smith
COM607 - The secrets of successful Enterprise Social Computing with SharePoint 2010 by Symon Garfield
IT/DEV308 - SharePoint Search 2010 Challenges Tricks and Tips, Matthew McDermott
Wednesday
IW413 - What to avoid to ensure Workflow projects succeed, Mike Fitzmaurice
59. Questions?
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